I bought the engine from their site. Fast shipping and good customer support. http://xact-rc.com/-nitro-engines/40-x-act-21-marine-sportive-nitro-engine-3p-turbo-button.html
I will be beginning this project very soon and will post my progress. I haven't yet received or even ordered every piece required, but I plan to do some painting and install stringers as my first step. I'm still waiting on my book as recommended to me in my other thread so I'm leery to do...
Where could I find a similar strut/rudder as this? http://www.bonzisports.com/images/marina/sold_large/50black_orange2.jpgcolor is nice, but I haven't really seen any strut/rudders like that anywhere. (Or I very well don't know where to look or know the right name.)
I looked at some of their stuff, but don't know how you find out if any of that stuff would fit the hull I'm looking at buying. I only ever built cars and had a nitro hammer boat I messed around with. When you say collet I have a vague idea of what you mean, but all the shaft hardware and how it...
So after a 10 year break I've decided to build a boat. Half the fun for me will be choosing and assembeling the boat in an astetically pleasing way, so performance is defnitely not a priority. I really want to hand build a wood hull and step nitro engines, but I just don't think I'm ready for...